Thanks Mike again for your reply. Unfortunately I do not have an oscilloscope and it is a bit out of my budget. I know, from reading, it is something that someone who works on these things probably should have but right now i'm still at the tinkering stage to see if i can do something like this, and i can't afford to spend $300 to $400 for a cheap one.
I'll keep trying new things here to see if I can get it to work. I'll play around with the program and try any other troubleshooting that I can think of. If anything happens or if I have other questions, I'll post back.
Otherwise, unless anyone else has additional suggestions, that'll be it from me for now. Thanks for all your advice and for getting me this far. I do really appreciate it.